Bartlett, Roger ( c 1633-1712 )

An English bookbinder who was apprenticed to
Samuel Satterthwaite in 1647, and was set up in
his own business in London in 1654. He
subsequently left London and set up business in
Oxford some time after the great fire of 1666 and
began producing the excellent gold-tooled
presentation books for which he is well known. His
bindings include certain distinctive features,
including rows of floral volutes along cottage
roofs, as well as swags hanging from the eves.
Bartlett retired to his birthplace (Watlington in
Oxfordshire) in 1711 or 1712, apparently having
sold his bindery. The latest important binding
executed by Bartlett is dated 1685, but records
indicate that he continued binding thereafter. (50 , 205 , 253 )